Also, it's important to mention that MemberPress, like every plugin on your site, requires a portion of your server resources (CPU, memory, etc.). Thus, please make sure that your hosting plan comes with enough resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most importantly, aggressive caching doesn't mesh well with the dynamic needs of membership sites. When it comes to hosting providers and server-side caching, issues most often come from object caching and Varnish cache. These should be disabled so MemberPress can work properly. In addition, MemberPress-related URIs should be excluded from any server-side caching<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is a list of Recommended, Other, and Not Supported web hosts. The Recommended Hosts<\/strong> have a proven record of working well with MemberPress. Furthermore, these hosts allow easy application of any required settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under Other Hosts<\/strong>, you will find hosting services that primarily work well with MemberPress and can be used. However, these hosts require a bit more technical knowledge to apply the mentioned settings. We found that most web hosts are willing to help you apply the required settings. Thus, it's advisable to contact hosting support if you need help setting things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, some hosts are unwilling to work with customers to make the adjustments, and these should be avoided. Also, some hosting services are created in a way that is not compatible with MemberPress. You will find these web hosts listed under the Not Supported<\/b> group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommended Hosts:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Other Hosts:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Not Supported Hosts:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rapyd Cloud offers hosting services specifically designed to support membership and learning management system (LMS) plugins, such as MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They offer a managed MemberPress hosting<\/a><\/strong> solution, already preconfigured for MemberPress. This hosting option runs on LiteSpeed servers with the fully configured LiteSpeed cache plugin. Furthermore, MemberPress reserved pages (\/register, \/login, \/mepr, \/account, \/thank-you<\/strong>, and \/unauthorized<\/strong>) are excluded from their server caching by default. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, no additional configuration<\/strong> is required in this case, allowing you to use Rapyd Cloud hosting out of the box<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their managed WordPress hosting comes with the StackCache<\/strong> plugin that you'll have to adjust, as shown in this image, to ensure proper MemberPress functionality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you've used some other pages than the default \u201cthank-you\u201d, \u201caccount\u201d, \u201clogin\u201d, and \u201cregister\u201d, you'll have to adjust for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their hosting panel has settings for deferring JavaScript, so if you encounter some functional issues with your website, you might need to switch that option off, if enabled, or at least exclude jQuery from deferring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We haven't heard of many issues with Bluehost Managed WordPress hosting aside from the Varnish caching feature they have enabled by default. So be sure to turn off Varnish caching if you use MemberPress with Bluehost's Managed WordPress hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though there shouldn't be any issues with Bluehost's shared hosting, we've received some recent reports of Bluehost forcing server-level Varnish caching on sites using too many resources, which can cause unexpected issues with MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, if your site is growing and traffic is picking up, we recommend moving off of shared hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For both types of hosting, please check whether you have the Must-Use plugin section in your Dashboard Plugins<\/em> section, and if you do, make sure that the Endurance Page cache plugin is disabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generally, DigitalOcean works well with WordPress and MemberPress. Make sure that you set up the Breeze caching plugin based on our recommendations<\/a>.\u00a0If you plan to protect static files like PDFs, you'll need to have them add some code to your Nginx host file to allow this to work properly with MemberPress' file protection Rules (Custom URI Rules). To learn how to do this, please see the Nginx section on this page<\/a>. Or, as an alternative, you can use our Downloads add-on<\/a>, which is included free with MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though we don't have any direct experience with Kinsta, their support has reached out to us to let us know that they've seen many MemberPress customers using their Managed WordPress Hosting without any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It's important to note<\/em> that they use strictly an Nginx based web-server, which means you will not be able to use our Apache .htaccess rewrite Rules that are typically available to Apache-based web-servers. This is not a problem if you don't plan to use our Custom URI Rules to protect any locally hosted static files<\/a> like PDFs, ZIPs etc. All other content protection Rules will work just fine with Nginx.<\/strong>\u00a0As an alternative, you can use our free Downloads add-on to manage and protect files instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kinsta also uses various forms of caching, so we make the following recommendations for our MemberPress users on their awesome platform:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \/unauthorized* (Don't cache pages related to built-in redirect in case of unauthorized access)<\/p>\n You can find detailed instructions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n SiteGround has also been a very good host for MemberPress users<\/strong>. But as with WP Engine and other caching hosts, we recommend disabling their SG Optimizer<\/b><\/a> that comes pre-installed with every shared hosting plan. At the very least, ensure that register, thank you, mepr, account, unauthorized, and login pages are not cached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, you'll need to disable the Memcached<\/strong> at the bottom of the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IMPORTANT NOTICE:<\/strong> It appears that Siteground, on its shared hosting plans, caches every page even if you don't have the SG Optimizer plugin installed and activated. In order to ensure the proper functionality of MemberPress, please install and activate SG Optimizer and adjust it as outlined in the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detailed instructions are located here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hostinger is another host that is easy to use with MemberPress. The only modifications that you need to apply are related to their default caching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hostinger is a LiteSpeed-based host. Therefore, your default website configuration might include the LiteSpeed Cache plugin. If installed, you will need to apply the recommended LiteSpeed Cache setup<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WP Engine\u00a0<\/span>has been a very good host for MemberPress<\/strong>, and we have no problem recommending them. However, there are a few things you should do if you plan to use WP Engine and MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloudways often comes with the Breeze caching plugin pre-installed. In order to adjust it, please check the Breeze<\/strong><\/a> section of our How to Set Up Popular Caching Plugins with MemberPress<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some Cloudways hosting plans come with Varnish cache enabled. If you encounter it, you'll have to adjust it according to this page of their online documentation: https:\/\/support.cloudways.com\/en\/articles\/5496342-how-to-use-varnish-at-cloudways#h_4f3846fd10<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to this paragraph from the above page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you use an incomplete destination URL such as (\/booking\/) and if such path has more succeeding links such as booking\/list or booking\/items, all such items will not be cached by Varnish.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n You'll need to exclude these URLs (based on default MemberPress settings): \/thank-you\/<\/strong>, \/account\/<\/strong>, \/login\/<\/strong>, \/register\/<\/strong>, \/mepr\/<\/strong> and \/unathorized\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The standard shared Dreamhost package appears to have an issue with the mod_security, where Stripe webhook will fail with the \u201c500 Internal Server Error\u201d and \u201cInvalid encoding: ISO-8859-1\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n If this happens to you. you'll need to contact their support and ask them to adjust mod_security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DreamPress hosting package uses server-level Varnish caching, which can cause unexpected issues with MemberPress. This most often shows up as issues with PayPal sending IPN notifications to your site. If you have verified that the IPN settings are correct in both MemberPress and PayPal, but PayPal IPN keeps retrying to send and eventually fails, contact DreamPress to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you encounter the issue where the Stripe webhook fails to work properly and transactions end up in Pending status or missing completely, please ask their support to check the error log file. If they find the \u201d 418 I'm a teapot<\/em>\u201d error code (please don't laugh) \ud83d\ude00 you'll have to ask them to adjust their mod_security<\/strong> and create rule exceptions for the tags in the \u201c418\u201d error message they see on their end. That should solve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GoDaddy's Shared and Business Hosting<\/strong>\u00a0plans are not subject to the aggressive caching used in their Managed WordPress plans. Thus, it's possible to exclude MemberPress URIs from the server cashing in this case. As a result, both Shared and Business Hosting options should work fine with MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This hosting uses Nginx, and you'll need to add this piece of code to\u00a0either a website-specific config or a server-level config to exclude default MemberPress-generated pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n For details, please refer to https:\/\/gridpane.com\/kb\/exclude-a-page-from-server-caching\/<\/a> or contact their support for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liquid Web's Managed WordPress Hosting<\/strong> uses a built-in Varnish cache that is automatically enabled on all their Managed WordPress websites when they are created. However, it interferes with the proper operation of MemberPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, Varnish caching can be easily disabled from the Managed WordPress Portal<\/strong>. Disabling it is a quick process that takes just a few clicks. Here you can find an instruction on how to do that: https:\/\/www.liquidweb.com\/kb\/organizing-your-sites-in-managed-wordpress-portal\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Namecheap's Managed WordPress Hosting uses object caching and EasyWP caching plugin that can't be disabled. Due to the dynamic nature of membership plugins like MemberPress, you'll have to contact their support and ask them to exclude pages from MemberPress -> Settings -> Pages<\/em> tab. Due to the NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO<\/em> being set in the SQL_MODE in the database, please ensure that you use the latest version of all MemberPress add-ons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Namecheap's shared hosting<\/strong> runs well with MemberPress without the need for any adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of One.com hosting plans come with Varnish enabled. If your website is on such a plan and you have issues with MemberPress, you'll need to disable Varnish completely since you can't exclude individual URLs\/URIs from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is how it should be done:<\/p>\n\n\n\n First, disable the Performance Cache plugin if you have it enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then add this to the .htaccess<\/strong> file located at the root of your WordPress installation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Header add \u201cCache-Control\u201d \u201cno-cache\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That should permanently disable the Varnish cache. If you don't feel comfortable doing it on your own, please contact their hosting support and ask for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pantheon hosting comes with a built-in cache. Based on this page from their online documentation \u2013 https:\/\/pantheon.io\/docs\/cache-control<\/a> you should create a must-use plugin and install it in order to exclude specific MemberPress pages from caching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is based on MemberPress default pages in the MemberPress -> Settings -> Pages<\/em> tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don't feel comfortable doing that yourself, please get in touch with their support and ask for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This hosting comes with the Edge Caching For Speed<\/strong> enabled in all of its plans. In order to ensure proper functionality of MemberPress, you'll need to contact their support and ask them to exclude \u201cthank-you\u201d, \u201caccount\u201d, \u201clogin\u201d, \u201cregister\u201d, \u201cmepr\u201d, and \u201cunauthorized\u201d URLs\/URIs from that cache. If you've changed defaults to your own pages for the first four, you'll have to adjust for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pressable hosting comes with the built-in Batcache. In order to exclude MemberPress pages from caching, you'll need to add these lines to the end of the wp-config.php<\/strong> file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This applies to the defaults offered by MemberPress. If you've changed those to something else, you'll need to adjust the code accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is not an actual hosting company but more of an interface that can be used by several cloud hosting providers like DigitalCloud, AWS, Google Cloud, Vultr and maybe some other providers. It contains something called RunCloud Hub that comes with built-in caching and an interface to control it. More about it here \u2013 https:\/\/blog.runcloud.io\/runcloud-hub\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to adjust caching for MemberPress, please go to your WordPress Dashboard > Settings > RunCache. Once there, go to the Rules<\/strong> section and add these URLs to the Exclude URL Path<\/strong> text box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \/thank-you.*\/account.*\/register.*\/mepr.*\/unauthorized.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \/login.* should be there as one of the default values. Please don't delete any of the defaults already there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once done, please save the changes and select the Clear All Cache option from the RunCloud Hub<\/em> menu in the Admin bar. If you have changed the defaults offered by MemberPress in the Pages tab, you'll have to adjust URLs to reflect those used in your case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you experience an issue where Stripe transactions are not getting through on Shared Hosting<\/strong> plans<\/a>, please contact their support and ask to deactivate two functions that are active by default in the hosting profile:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another reason that causes both Stripe and Paypal transactions to fail is the setting in the Strato Dashboard that stops \u201cGuestbook Spam\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You need to disable that if payments are not reaching MemberPress. More about that in this article (in the German language) \u2013 Strato und Paypal: IPN kommt nicht an \u2013 webdecker \u2013 Webseiten PHP Contao Programmierung Berlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WPX has its own WPX Cloud CDN, and to secure proper MemberPress functionality, the default MemberPress pages will need to be excluded from caching. You can do that yourself by adding this piece of code<\/a> to the .htaccess<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However<\/b>, if you're not comfortable changing the file yourself, you can get in contact with WPX Support and ask them to do it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that if you've used some other pages than those set up by default, you'll need to change the above code to reflect that. The same applies to any additional \u201cThank You\u201d or registration pages realized using MemberPress shortcodes. Those would need to be excluded as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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if ($request_uri ~* \"(\/thank-you.*|\/account.*|\/login.*|\/register.*|\/mepr.*\/|\/unauthorized.*)\") {\n set $skip_cache 1;\t \n set $skip_reason \"${skip_reason}-request_uri\";\n}\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\nImperva Incapsula Hosting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\/* \n * Set $regex_path_patterns accordingly.\n * \n * We don't set this variable for you, so you must define it \n * yourself per your specific use case before the following conditional.\n *\n * For example, to exclude pages in the \/news\/ and \/about\/ path from cache, set:\n * $regex_path_patterns = array(\n * '#^\/news\/?#', \n * '#^\/about\/?#', \n * ); \n *\/\n\n$regex_path_patterns = array(\n '#^\/thank-you\/?#',\n '#^\/account\/?#',\n '#^\/login\/?#',\n '#^\/register\/?#',\n '#^\/mepr\/?#',\n '#^\/unauthorized\/?#',\n );\n\n\/\/ Loop through the patterns.\nforeach ($regex_path_patterns as $regex_path_pattern) {\n if (preg_match($regex_path_pattern, $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {\n add_action( 'send_headers', 'add_header_nocache', 15 );\n \n \/\/ No need to continue the loop once there's a match. break; \n }\n}\nfunction add_header_nocache() {\n header( 'Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0' );\n}\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\nPixelInternet Hosting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pressable Hosting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/thank-you\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\t\nif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/account\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\t\nif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/login\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\nif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/register\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\nif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/mepr\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\nif ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '\/unauthorized\/' && $batcache) {\n $batcache->max_age = 0;\n}\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\nRunCloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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